Lumiere programme

The first public film show in Great Britain was given at the Regent Street Polytechnic London, on February 20th, 1896, by the brothers August and Louis Lumiere. This film is a complete reprint of the programs shown on that occasion. It comprises the following subjects: Workers leaving the Lumiere factory; Baby at the lunch table; Demolition of a wall; Watering the gardener; Congress of Photographic Societies at Neuville-Sur-Saone, July 1895; Arrival of a train at Ciotat Station; A game of cards; A boat leaving harbour. None of these films is more than a single shot, without cutting or camera movement; their interest lay entirely in the novelty of the moving photograph. This version includes a piano accompaniment and narration which was added in 1956.